Five years after his execution in Texas, Cameron Todd Willingham is back in the news. A recent article in The New Yorker magazine establishes that evidence used to convict Willingham for setting a fire that killed his three children was based on junk science.
Tag: Questionable Convictions
Texas Moratorium Network
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” Elie Wiesel…
Free Celil Husyien from Chinese imprisonment
In a three-page letter sent from prison and obtained by The Globe and Mail, Mr. Celil asks his mother to forgive him for all the suffering he has put her through.
Free Mumia Abu Jamal
A meeting in London on 6 December 2007 heard the latest on the case of US political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia is only 54 years old but has already spent 26 years on Death Row.
The Road To Guantanamo
Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.
Save Troy Davis
On 26th September 2006 three judges made their ruling and denied an appeal despite seven key witnesses recanting their testimony. There is evidence that Troy did not receive a fair trial.
Delara Darabi was executed..
Stop Child Executions sadly regrets to confirm that the Iranian female juvenile Delara Darabi was executed early morning today in the prison yard of the northern city of Rasht, Iran.